February 10, 2018 | Department News
STATEMENT: Red Square Event on Saturday (Feb 10)
Dear SPH students, faculty and staff,
February 05, 2018 | Department News
Zika Brain Damage May Go Undetected in Pregnancy
By Leila Gray / UW Medicine
“Current criteria using head size to diagnose Zika-related brain injury fail to capture more subtle brain damage that can lead to significant learning problems and mental health disorders later in life,” said Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf, Professor Global Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology in the University of Washington's Schools of Public Health and Medicine, who specializes in maternal and fetal infections. “We are diagnosing only the tip of the iceberg.”
January 30, 2018 | Health News
Amazon Joins with Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan to Form Health-care Company
By Matt Day / The Seattle Times
The three U.S. corporate giants say their new venture will work to improve employee care and lower costs "free from profit-making incentives and constraints."
Amazon — thought for years to be weighing an entry into health care — landed there with an unexpected splash Tuesday, revealing plans to form a joint venture with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase that’s charged with lowering the cost of caring for employees.
January 26, 2018 | Health News
Do Certain Vaginal Bacteria Hike Women's Risk of Acquiring HIV?
By Molly Walker / MedPage Today
Certain types of vaginal bacteria were associated with an increased risk of HIV infection among women, a nested case-control study of African women found.
January 26, 2018 | Health News
Seven Takeaways from Davos
By Clinton Leaf / Fortune
The 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, just wrapped up a short time ago. Here are a few things I learned over the past week during this gathering of globally minded leaders, thinkers, builders, connectors, and teachers.
January 25, 2018 | Department News
Reduction in Heart Disease Deaths Not Evenly Spread across U.S.
By Cristen Jansson / The Daily, UW
Every single year, a group of people larger than the entire population of Seattle die from heart disease. While these 846,000 annual fatalities are only half of what they were in 1980, cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death in the United States.
January 23, 2018 | Department News
How Fetal Infections Lead to Adult Heart Disease
By Leila Gray / UW Medicine
Recent studies indicate that infants born prematurely have a higher risk of developing heart disease later in life. Now, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle have shown that, in preterm animal models, inflammation due to infection can disrupt the activity of genes crucial for normal heart development.
January 18, 2018 | Health News
An STI That You Probably Don't Even Know about Is Becoming Common and Resistant to Medications
By Melissa Matthews / Newsweek
You’ve likely never heard of, or been tested for it, but a sexually transmitted infection that’s fairly common could now be resistant to antibiotic medications. Mycoplasma genitalium, or MG, is not a new bacteria and was first identified in the 1980s. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is more common than gonorrhea and chlamydia, though it's not as easily recognized as the other two.
January 12, 2018 | Department News
STATEMENT: Standing with all our students, staff and faculty - A response to heated language about immigration
Dear students, faculty and staff:
At the University of Washington, we are honored to collaborate with students, faculty and staff from around the globe. The Department of Global Health, our School of Public Health, and our University would not be the world-class institutions they are without their contributions.